Ladies handbag

ABSTRACT

A ladies handbag having a side wall to which a pair of connector members is secured in longitudinally spaced alignment, each connector member having a pair of spaced parallel connector means extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handbag and defining an upper and lower pivot seat. A handle having a connector element at each end, is pivotally connected to the upper pivot seat and an ornamental member having a connector element at its upper end is pivotally connected to the lower pivot seat.

United States Patent Lubliner 1 June 13, 1972 LADIES HANDBAG [72]Inventor: Milton Lubliner, Jericho, NY.

[73] Assignee: Morris White Fashions, Inc., New York,

[22] Filed: Sept. 16, 1970 [21] Appl.No.: 72,591

[52] US. Cl. ..l/33, 24/265 A, 190/58 [51] Int. Cl ..A45c 13/26 [58]Field ofSearch ..150/33, 12; l/57,58; 16/110 R, DIG. 24, DIG. 25;24/265. 1 265 RC; 59/80; 63/3, 4

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,536,391 l/ll Prestinari..59/80 2,093,687 9/1937 Kluger..... ....l50/33 3,363,292 l/l968 Reiter/33 3,397,725 8/1968 Reiter 150/33 FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS348,539 5/1931 England ..59/8O Primary Examiner-Joseph R. LeclairAssistant ExaminerStephen P. Garbe Attorney-Arthur B. Colvin ABSTRACT Aladies handbag having a side wall to which a pair of connector membersis secured in longitudinally spaced alignment. each connector memberhaving a pair of spaced parallel connector means extending parallel tothe longitudinal axis of the handbag and defining an upper and lowerpivot seat. A handle having a connector element at each end, ispivotally connected to the upper pivot seat and an ornamental memberhaving a connector element at its upper end is pivotally connected tothe lower pivot seat.

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sum 2 BF 2 INYHYIUR. MILTON LUBLINER ATTORNEY LADIES HANDBAG Thisinvention relates to the art of handbags and more particularly to ahandbag having associated therewith a connector member which facilitatesthe connection to the handbag of a carrying handle as well as ornamentalmembers.

As conducive to an understanding of the invention, it is noted thatconnector members in the form of rectangular boxes have been secured tothe side walls of handbags and either the ends of a handle pivotallyconnected to the connector box and ornamental membersrigidly secured toeach connector box, or the handle has been secured directly at each endto the handbag and the ornamental members pivotally connected to anassociated connector box.

Where the ornamental members are rigidly secured to the connector boxes,it is difficult to have the ornament lie flush against the side wall ofthe handbag as most bags have some curvature and consequently therigidly mounted ornament may stick out at an angle which is unsightlyand the ornament may catch on the cloth of the user and break off. Inaddition, where the ornament is rigidly secured to the connector box andthe handbag is flexible, even if the ornament originally liessubstantially flush against the side wall of the handbag, as the bag isfilled with articles, the side walls would bulge outwardly and theornament would be bent outwardly. Thus, when the bag is emptied andresumes its original shape, the ornament will stick out at an angle fromthe wall of the bag with the problems above noted.

Where the ornament is pivoted to an associated connector box and thehandle ends are secured directly to the side wall of the handbag, aseparate operation must be performed in manufacture which necessitateswith sewing of such handle end directly to the handbag or the attachmentof an additional connector member thereto to which the handle end can beconnected. Such operations are time-consuming and add considerably tothe cost of manufacture.

It is accordingly among he objects of the invention to provide aconnector member which may be manufactured at low cost and which mayreadily be attached to the side wall of a handbag in a simple, low costmanufacturing operation and which will pivotally support both the end ofa carrying handle as well as an ornament, with assurance that theornament will lie substantially flush against the side wall of thehandbag.

Another object of the invention is to provide a handbag having a pair ofconnector members secured to a slide wall thereof in a simple low costmanufacturing operation, which connector members will pivotally mountthe ends of a carrying handle as well as the end of an associatedornament.

According to the invention, these objects are accomplished by thearrangement and combination of elements hereinafter described and moreparticularly recited in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings in which are shown one of various possibleembodiments of the several features of the invention;

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a handbag according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a connector member;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a washer for securing the connectormember in position;

FIG. 4 is a detail plan view on an enlarged scale showing the connectormember pivotally mounting one end of a handle and an ornament, and

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 of FIG. 4.

Referring now to the drawings, as shown in FIG. 1, the handbag is ofconventional type having opposed side walls 11, illustratively offlexible material such as plastic, leather or fabric and having a pairof flexible carrying handles 12.

As the construction of the handbag itself per se forms no part of theinvention, it will not be further described except when necessary toexplain the invention.

Secured to each of the side walls 11 of the handbag is a pair ofconnector members 13. Each connector member is illustratively in theform of a box having a substantially rectangular top wall 14 withdepending side walls 15 and end walls 16.

Each end wall 16 has a pair of prongs 17 preferably formed integraltherewith and extending outwardly from the lower edge 18 of each endwall 16 at each end thereofin a plane perpendicular to the plane of topwall 14.

Each side wall 15 of the connector box 13 has a pair of notches 19, 20formed in the lower edge 21 thereof, the associated notches 19, 19', 20,20 in the side walls of each box being transversely aligned as shown inFIG. 4 and defining an upper and lower pivot seat respectively.

The connector box 13 is secured to the side wall 11 of the handbag byforcing the prongs 17 through said side wall and after positioning awasher 23 against the inner surface of said side wall so that prongs 17of each box extend through as sociated openings 24 in said washer,bending such prongs at right angles as shown in FIG. 5.

As shown in the drawings, the connector box 13 is positioned on sidewall 11 so that the transversely aligned pairs of notches 19, 19, 20, 20extend parallel to the mouth 25 of the handbag.

Pivotally connected to the handbag is a suitable ornament 26 whichillustratively comprises a U-shaped member having a cross pin 27 securedat each of its ends to the free ends of the legs 28 of the ornament 26.

As is clearly shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the cross pin 27 extends throughthe transversely aligned pair of notches 20, 21' which define the lowerpivot seat. Since the cross pin 27 is shown permanently connected at itsends to the legs 28 of the ornament 26, the cross pin is positioned inthe notches 20, 20 before the connector box 13 is secured to the sidewall 12 of the handbag.

The handle 12 illustratively is a strip of flexiblematerial having aloop 29 formed at each end thereof. A split connector ring 31 ofconventional type having a pair of normally spaced legs 32, ispositioned in each loop 29 with the ends 33 of the legs 32 aligned withthe upper pair of notches l9, 19. The sides 30 of the split ring 31 arethen forced together to move the ends of legs 32 into the notches 19, 19to pivotally mount the handle 12.

The connector box 13 may be formed by stamping sheet meal or it may bemade by casting. The ornamental member 26 may be of any desirable designor shape such as the con figuration shown or, for example it may be adisc having decorations thereon or initials, the only requirement beingthat it must be provided with suitable :means such as a cross pin 27 inthe embodiment shown or a pair of separate pins which enter the notches20, 21) for pivotal mount of the ornament.

With the use of the unique connector box above described, a handle andan ornament may both be pivotally connected to a handbag in a relativelysimple operation.

Having thus described my invention. what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

l. A handbag comprising a pair of side walls, a pair of connectormembers secured to at least one of said side walls in longitudinallyspaced relationship thereon, each of said connector members having apair of spaced parallel connector means defining an upper and lowerconnector means respectively, extending parallel to the longitudinalaxis of said side wall, a handle having a split ring connector elementat each end thereof pivotally connected to the upper connector means ofeach connector member and a pair of ornament members, each having across pin connector element pivotally connected to the lower connectormeans of each connector member.

2. The combination set forth in claim 11 in which each of said connectormembers has a plurality of prongs extending through the side wall ofsaid handbag to secure the connector members thereto.

3. The combination set forth in claim 1 in which each of said connectormembers has a plurality of prongs extending through the side wall ofsaid handbag, a washer is positioned on the inner surface of said sidewall, said washer having a plurality of openings through each of whichan associated prong extends, each of said prongs being bent over saidwasher to secure the connector member in fixed position.

4. The combination set forth in claim 1 in which each of said connectormembers has a top wall with a pair of spaced parallel side wallsdepending therefrom, each of said pairs of connector means comprising apair of transversely aligned notches in each of said parallel sidewalls.

5. The combination set forth in claim 1 in which each of said connectormembers has a top wall, a pair of spaced parallel end walls and a pairof spaced parallel side walls, the end and side walls depending from thetop wall, each of said pairs of connector means comprises a pair oftransversely aligned notches in each of the free edges of said parallelside walls, each of said end walls having prongs extending outwardlyfrom the free edge thereof perpendicular to said top wall, said prongsextending through the side wall of said handbag to secure the connectormember thereto.

6. The combination set forth in claim 1 in which each of said connectormembers has a top wall, a pair of spaced parallel end walls and a pairof spaced parallel side walls, each of said pairs of connector meanscomprise a pair of transversely aligned notches in each of the freeedges of said parallel side walls, each of said end walls having prongsextending outwardly from the free edge thereof perpendicular to said topwall, a washer is positioned on the inner surface of said side wall ofsaid handbag aligned with an associated connector member, each washerhaving a plurality of openings through each of which an associated prongextends, each of said prongs being bent over said washer to secure theconnector member in fixed position.

7. The combination set forth in claim 4 in which the connector elementat each end of the handle comprises a split ring member carried by theend of the handle, the portion of said ring member adjacent the splitdefining a pair of longitudinally aligned legs, each of said legsextending through one of the pair of transversely aligned notchesdefining the upper connector means, pivotally to connect the connectorelement to the upper connector means.

8. The combination set forth in claim 4 in which each of said ornamentmembers 'has a pivot bar at one end thereof, said pivot bar extendingthrough a pair of transversely aligned notches defining the lowerconnector means pivotally to connect the ornament member to the lowerconnector means.

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1. A handbag comprising a pair of side walls, a pair of connectormembers secured to at least one of said side walls in longitudinallyspaced relationship thereon, each of said connector members having apair of spaced parallel connector means defining an upper and lowerconnector means respectively, extending parallel to the longitudinalaxis of said side wall, a handle having a split ring connector elementat each end thereof pivotally connected to the upper connector means ofeach connector member and a pair of ornament members, each having across pin connector element pivotally connected to the lower connectormeans of each connector member.
 2. The combination set forth in claim 1in which each of said connector members has a plurality of prongsextending through the side wall of said handbag to secure the connectormembers thereto.
 3. The combination set forth in claim 1 in which eachof said connector members has a plurality of prongs extending throughthe side wall of said handbag, a washer is positioned on the innersurface of said side wall, said washer having a plurality of openingsthrough each of which an associated prong extends, each of said prongsbeing bent over said washer to secure the connector member in fixedposition.
 4. The combination set forth in claim 1 in which each of saidconnector members has a top wall with a pair of spaced parallel sidewalls depending therefrom, each of said pairs of connector meanscomprising a pair of transversely aligned notches in each of saidparallel side walls.
 5. The combination set forth in claim 1 in whicheach of said connector members has a top wall, a pair of spaced parallelend walls and a pair of spaced parallel side walls, the end and sidewalls depending from the top wall, each of said pairs of connector meanscomprises a pair of transversely aligned notches in each of the freeedges of said parallel side walls, each of said end walls having prongsextending outwardly from the free edge thereof perpendicular to said topwall, said prongs extending through the side wall of said handbag tosecure the connector member thereto.
 6. The combination set forth inclaim 1 in which each of said connector members has a top wall, a pairof spaced parallel end walls and a pair of spaced parallel side walls,each of said pairs of connector means comprise a pair of transverselyaligned notches in each of the free edges of said parallel side walls,each of said end walls having prongs extending outwardly from the freeedge thereof perpendicular to said top wall, a washer is positioned onthe inner surface of said side wall of said handbag aligned with anassociated connector member, each washer having a plurality of openingsthrough each of which an associated prong extends, each of said prongsbeing bent over said washer to secure the connector member in fixedposition.
 7. The combination set forth in claim 4 in which the connectorelement at each end of the handle comprises a split ring member carriedby the end of the handle, the portion of said ring member adjacent thesplit defining a pair of longitudinally aligned legs, each of said legsextending through one of the pair of transversely aligned notchesdefining the upper connector means, pivotally to connect the connectorelement to the upper connector means.
 8. The combination set forth inclaim 4 in which each of said ornament members has a pivot bar at oneend thereof, said pivot bar extending through a pair of transverselyaligned notches defining the lower connector means pivotally to connectthe ornament member to the lower connector means.